La Morale en Action, ou Élite de faits mémorables et d'anecdotes instructives, propres a faire aimer la sagesse, a former le cœur des jeunes gens par l'exemple de toutes les vertus, et a orner leur esprit des souvenirs de l'histoire. Ouvrage utile aux élèves des écoles secondaires, des lycées et maison d'éducation de l'un et e l'autre sexe
by [Laurent Pierre Bérenger; P. Eustache Guibaud]
Paris: Corbet, 1822. Very Good. Paris: Corbet, 1821 [but 1822]. Nouvelle Édition. 12mo (18cm.); full contemporary gilt-tooled sheep, gilt spine with red gilt onlay, marbled endpapers; 396pp.; added engraved title page dated 1822, hand-colored frontispiece and three hand-colored plates. Leather rather scuffed and dried with brief peeling to upper cover and surface scratches to rear cover, spine sunned... Read More
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Apparições: Versos
by Guilherme de Azevedo; Ernesto Marecos, [afterword]
Lisboa: Typographia Universal de Thomas Quintino Antunes, 1867. Very Good. Lisboa: Typographia Universal de Thomas Quintino Antunes, 1867. Small octavo (19cm.); late 19th-century dark brown morocco over cloth, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers, original pale pink wrappers bound in; 206pp. Spine leather a bit dried and rubbed, especially at raised bands, very light foxing to textblock,... Read More
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Histoire Générale de la Civilisation en Europe depuis la chute de l'Empire Romain jusqu'à la Révolution Française
by M. [François] Guizot
Paris: Didier, 1840. Very Good. Paris: Didier, 1840. Quatrième Édition. Octavo (21.25cm.); publisher's black morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],viii,435pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Boards a bit rubbed, minor scuffing to leather, light foxing to preliminaries, else Very Good and sound.
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The Brilliant Proof
by Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani
Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1998. Very Good +. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1998. Reprint. Octavo. 80 pp. Black and white photographs. Illustrated boards; green endpapers. No dust jacket. Corners lightly bumped. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good or better.
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Deadlier Than the Male
by James Gunn
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1942. Very Good/Good. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1942. Stated First Edition. Octavo; [iv], 277pp. Printed dust jacket with $2.50 price intact; book in bright red cloth with white lettering to spine. Large tear across bottom half of front jacket panel, from tail of spine to middle of front fore-edge, with... Read More
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Die Schastrommel: Organ der Osterr. Exilregierung. Berliner Dichter-Workshop 1972
by Gunter Brus [ed.]
Bolzano, Italy / Stuttgart, Germany: Osterr. Exilregierung / Verlag Hans Jorg Mayer, 1973. Very Good. Bolzano, Italy / Stuttgart, Germany: Verlag Hans Jörg Mayer, 1973. First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. Thick octavo; white pictorial card wrappers printed silkscreen; 201,[1]pp. + approx. 75 leaves of plates.; illus. throughout. Light wear, brief soil to rear cover; Very Good overall. ... Read More
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Local Anaesthetic [Signed by the Author]
by Gunter Grass; Ralph Manheim [trans.]
New York: Helen and Kurt Wolff Book / Harcourt, Brace & World, 1970. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1970. First American Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($6.95); [4],284pp. Light wear to jacket margins, brief glue residue to front pastedown from previously-removed price sticker (?), corners... Read More
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The Tin Drum [Signed Bookplate; Book Club Edition]
by Gunter Grass; Ralph Manheim [trans.]
New York: Pantheon Books, 1962. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Pantheon Books, 1962. Book Club Edition. Octavo (22cm); illustrated dust jacket; red cloth boards stamped in black and gilt; no topstain, with book club blindstamp at bottom of back board; 592pp. Price-clipped jacket shows a few tears along edges, with chipping at head of spine and a few... Read More
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![The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/267/836/1716836267.0.m.jpg)
The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World [Signed]
by Peter Guralnick
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2025. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2025. Stated First Edition: August 2025, with Printing 1, 2025 numberline. Octavo (24.2cm); photo-illustrated dust jacket with $38.00 price intact; boards in white and black with gilt lettering to spine; [xx],603pp; photos throughout. Jacket crisp with light bumping at tail and a... Read More
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Andreas Gursky: Fotografien 1994 - 1998
by Andreas Gursky
Wolfsburg, Germany: Kunstmuseum and Museum of Contemporary Art, 1998. Very Good +/Very Good. Wolfsburg, Germany: Kunstmuseum and Museum of Contemporary Art, 1998. First Edition. Quarto; unpaginated. Color photographs throughout. Glossy illustrated boards; orange endpapers. Publisher's printed wrap-around band. Publisher's twenty-page printed booklet of descriptive text, in German and English, laid in at front. 4cm tear to front fold... Read More
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Leibniz: Philosophie des Panlogismus
by [Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]; Aron Gurwitsch
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1974. Very Good. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1974. Octavo. 495 pp. Brown boards stamped in black. No dust jacket. Text in German. Light shelfwear and dust soiling to edges of boards and corners bumped. Binding is sound. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, but pages otherwise unmarked.
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Die Sage Von Sankt Julian Dem Gastfreien [Limited Edition, plate signed by Kaus]
by Gustave Flaubert; Max Kaus [illus.]
Weimar: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1918. Very Good. Weimar, DE: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1918. First Edition, Limited Issue of 100 copies, this being #63. Octavo. 47 pp. Twelve lithographs, the first signed by Kaus, and remaining eleven monogrammed. Embossed suede spine with violet silk cover and gilt vignette to center of front board. Boards bumped and lightly worn along... Read More
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The Maze in the Mind and the World: Labyrinths in Modern Literature
by Donald Gutierrez
Troy, NY: The Whitston Publishing Company, 1985. Near Fine. Troy, NY: The Whitston Publishing Company, 1985. First Edition. Octavo. 197pp. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt and blue. No dust jacket. Touch of rubbing to boards; binding sound; a few smudges to preliminaries, Near Fine.
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El Obraje de Mixcoac en el Siglo XVII
by Salvador Cardenas Gutierrez
Guadalajara, MX: Universidad Panamericana, 2002. Near Fine/Very Good. Guadalajara, MX: Universidad Panamericana, 2002. First Edition. Oblong Quarto. 195 pages. Color photographs and illustrations throughout. Text in Spanish. Illustrated dust jacket is rubbed and creased along edges with some light wear at spine ends. Red blind stamped cloth shows a couple minor stains. Binding is sound and... Read More
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My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl [Signed]
by Rosa Guy
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985. Very Good+/Very Good. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1985.] First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's cloth-backed boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; [8],119pp. Light wear to jacket margins, flaps a bit yellowed, else Very Good and sound. Signed by the author on title page.
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The Sun, the Sea, a Touch of the Wind [Signed]
by Rosa Guy
New York: Dutton Book, 1995. Very Good/Very Good. [New York]: Dutton Book, [1995]. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; publisher's two-toned boards in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [10],305pp. Moderate wear and soil, else Very Good and sound. Signed by the author on title page.
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Edith Jackson [Signed]
by Rosa Guy
New York: Viking Press, 1978. Very Good-/Very Good-. New York: Viking Press, [1978]. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($8.95); [4],187pp. Jacket a bit worn along margins with one-inch tear at top edge of upper panel affecting text, textblock margins quite foxed; Good to Very Good overall. Signed by the... Read More
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A Measure of Time [Signed]
by Rosa Guy
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983. First Edition, stated, with full numberline. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [6],365pp. Dust jacket rather worn along top margins, light spotting to top textblock edge, else Very Good and sound. Signed by the author on... Read More
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Ruby: A Novel [Signed]
by Rosa Guy
New York: Viking Press, 1976. Good/Good. New York: Viking Press, 1976. First Edition, stated, with full numberline. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($8.95); [4],217pp. Ex-public library with usual interior markings, long closed tear across rear dust jacket panel and flap neatly tape repaired on verso, old glue residue to pastedowns, textblock margins... Read More
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1 Month Ago
by Wade Guyton
New York: Karma, 2013. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Karma, 2013. First Edition. Quarto (27.3cm); white card dust jacket over plain white wraps; [368]pp; color photos throughout. Jacket clean and crisp with very faint edgewear. Binding sound and pages unmarked. From the publisher: "1 Month Ago documents the contents of the hardcore blog Sfcrewcut... Read More
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Grund und Allgemeinheit: Untersuchungen zum aristotelischen Versandnis der ontologischen Grunde
by [Aristotle] Ute Guzzoni
Meisenheim am Glan: Verlag Anton Hain, 1975. Very Good. Meisenheim am Glan: Verlag Anton Hain, 1975. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's grey printed card wrappers; [6],208pp. Small crease at bottom fore-edge corner of upper cover, spine a shade toned, contemporary ownership signature to half title, else Very Good and sound. Text entirely in German. Issued as Monographien zur... Read More
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Black Book Detective - Winter Issue (February 1946; Vol. 20, No 3)
by G. Wayman Jones; Wayland Rice; et al.
Chicago: Better Publications, 1946. Very Good -. Chicago: Better Publications, 1946. Winter Issue. Octavo; [98]pp. Pulp Magazine. Illustrated paper wraps. Shallow tears to yapp edges, with a 1.5" tear to back panel at fore-edge, and a few inkspots to surface. Spine faded and rubbed with some chips at head and tail. Pages toned but unmarked. Binding is sound. ... Read More
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Bronzeville Boys and Girls [Inscribed and Signed by Brooks]
by Gwendolyn Brooks; Ronni Solbert [illus.]
New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Row, 1956 but ca. 1970 reissue. Slim quarto (22cm); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.95); viii,40pp. Ex-Public Library District of Columbia with their rubber-stamp to front free endpaper, otherwise free of library markings; dust jacket a bit soiled and toned, else... Read More
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WarpLand: A Journal for Black Literature and Ideas, Vol. 1, no. 1, 1995 [Inscribed and Signed by Gwendolyn Brooks]
by [Gwendolyn Brooks] Joyce A. Joyce [ed.]
Chicago, IL: Chicago State University / Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing, 1995. Very Good. Chicago, IL: Chicago State University / Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing, 1995. First Edition. Quarto (25cm); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 168pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers a bit rubbed and worn with long crease across upper cover, contents... Read More
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Theodicy: Essays on the Goodness of God and Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil
by G.W. [Gottfried Wilhelm] Leibniz; Austin Farrer [ed.]
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1952. Very Good -/Very Good -. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1952. First Thus. Octavo; printed dust jacket; navy boards stamped in gray; 448pp. Dust jacket chipped and worn along edges; staining to spine and rear. Boards show light shelfwear with stain marks echoing to boards; binding sound; previous owner's bookplate to front... Read More
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